Thanksgiving at sea ...

The culinary specialists serve a traditional menu from aft mess on an aircraft carrier. In my day the forward mess was the express line, where Sailors could get hamburgers, chili or fried chicken, plus salads and other quick-serve menu items.

PACIFIC OCEAN (November 25, 2010) -- Culinary Specialist 1st Class Lemuel ManLogon from Stokton, Calif., prepares a traditional Thanksgiving feast on the aft mess decks aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is currently on a scheduled patrol in the Western Pacific.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox.